James Rattray
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James Rattray was a British soldier and artist.
Frontispiece of his book Afghaunistan published in 1847
Tomb of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1839–40
Mir Alam a Coistaunee Warrior, as sketched by Rattray c.1840
The Lithograph of the same portrait by Robert Carrick c.1847
First Anglo-Afghan War
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The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the Durranis backed by the British Empire and the Sikh Empire, and the Barakzais of Kabul and Kandahar, alongside their regional allies, from 1838 to 1842
James Rattray
…Rattray was part of a combined force known as the Army of the Indus. He was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Grenadiers, Bengal Army. He took part in the First Anglo-Afghan War, from 1839 to 1842. He was in Ghazni in 1839–40. The picture, right, depicts the final resting place of Mahmud of Ghazni. The artist in Rattray was in…
Lithograph depicting British-Indian force storming the fortress during the Battle of Ghazni, 23 July 1839
Sir-I-Khajur in the Bolan Pass, 1839
The Opening in to the Narrow Path above the Siri Bolan from James Atkinson's Sketches in Afghaunistan
Dost Mohammad Khan's surrender in 1840 following his victory at Parwan Darra.